Re: linux/alpha eb164 ethernet problems

Harald Koenig (koenig@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de)
Sat, 27 Jul 1996 11:20:29 +0200 (MET DST)

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> I can't seem to use fdisk to partition the disk. The first time I
> ever got far enough to use fdisk it worked, but every other time after
> that it dies with the error "/dev/sda: can't seek". It also prints
> some kernel messages (which appear in the log on vc3) "unaligned
> trap". I don't have them up right now but when I see them again I'll
> send them to the list.

kernels before Linux-pre2.0.4 had a bug in the lseek system call which
limits fdisk to <2GB disks. get a 2.0.0 kernel or newer and fdisk
will work fine...

the unaligned trap is only a cosmetic problem and is fixed e.g. in
ftp://ftp.azstarnet.com/pub/linux/axp/sys/axp-diffs-2.0.7.gz

Harald

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